Ian MacKaye reimagines 7Seconds' New Wind for upcoming reissue

7Seconds‘ 1986 album New Wind is being reissued alongside a brand new model of the LP reimagined by authentic producer Ian MacKaye (Minor Menace, Fugazi). Each can be packaged collectively, with a vinyl and digital launch set for Could twenty third by way of Belief Data.

The reimagined model has been retitled to Change in My Head, taken from one in all two beforehand unreleased tracks from the unique classes (“Change in My Head” and “Compro”) that had been restored by MacKaye and Interior Ear Studios’ Don Zientara. MacKaye’s model was additionally remixed in its entirety — marking his first-ever remix of an album — and reorders the unique 13-song tracklist, including the aforementioned unreleased cuts. “Change in My Head” might be streamed now.

The opposite half of the reissue comprises New Wind in its authentic type, as the unique tapes had been restored by Dan Johnson of Audio Archiving Companies and remastered by Michael Graves.

The Nevada band’s second correct full-length, New Wind was produced in two classes: one with longtime good friend Ian MacKaye at Interior Ear Studios in Washington D.C. within the Fall of 1985, and a second at Radio Tokyo Studios in Venice, California, early the next yr. The album is taken into account a turning level in 7Seconds’ discography, mixing the band’s established model of pioneering hardcore with extra post-punk and melodic influences.

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“The entire time interval, between the winter of 1985 and all all through 1986, was arguably crucial and life-changing interval for 7Seconds,” mirrored frontman Kevin Seconds by way of a press launch. “All of us had been beginning to really feel just like the adults that we fought so rigorously to by no means change into. Members had been getting married, having children, attempting to carry down actual jobs and face duties whereas nonetheless sustaining our so-called ‘hardcore cred’ and making an attempt to really feel related. It was an extremely emotional and complex time for all of us however man, did it ever make us robust and extra decided to do what we needed to do as artistic individuals and as a band.”

Added bassist Steve Youth: “There have been actually bands that got here earlier than us. Unhealthy Faith, they made information like Into the Unknown, the place they shifted their sounds. Folks had been calling T.S.O.L. L.O.S.T, however I liked their second album, Beneath the Shadows, which is extra melodic and psychedelic. The Rites of Spring file was additionally essential to me. Egg Hunt. The boys had been listening to U2 in addition to the Buck Pets. I used to be listening to nothing however steel: Metallica, Megadeth, Darkish Angel, however I used to be additionally listening to a whole lot of R.E.M.”

Coinciding with the discharge of New Wind/Change in My Head, Kevin Seconds and MacKaye can be internet hosting a dwell in-person dialog concerning the venture on April fifteenth at Mind Useless Studios in Los Angeles. You’ll find tickets and extra data at this location.

Pre-order the New Wind/Change in My Head reissue on vinyl by way of Belief Data. Stream “Change in My Head” and see the art work and tracklist for Change in My Head beneath.

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